Do not judge others

In Jesus' Sermon on the Mount he told his followers that they should not judge other people.

He said that we all do things wrong, so we shouldn't be judging other people because we are not perfect ourselves.

Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

(from: wikipedia - judge not lest ye be judged)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Jeremiah

Solar Flares

We just learned about Sunspots.

Solar flares are super bright flashes from big explosions on the sun.

If the solar flares are big enough, they can cause problems with some types of computers that try to tell the weather, or send signals across the world.


(from: wikipedia - solar flare)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Stellar Classification

Spanish - November, December

Let's keep learning the months of the year in Spanish!

We've learned that January, February is Enero, Febrero, March, April are Marzo, Abril, May, June is Mayo, Junio, July, August is Julio, Agosto and September, October is Septiembre, Octubre.

November- Noviembre - sounds like noh-vee-ehm-b-day /?/

December - Diciembre - sounds like dee-see-ehm-b-day /?/


(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

Do you remember how to say it in French?
French - Novembre, Décembre

Silver

We just learned about the element of Gold

Another chemical element is Silver, called "Ag" for short (from the latin word "argentum") on the Periodic Table.

Silver, like gold is a very valuable metal that people use for jewelry.

It is the best metal at letting electricity go through it, and letting heat pass through it.
Silver is also sometimes used in teeth to fill in areas where dentists drilled out parts of teeth.

Unlike gold, silver does need to be polished to stay shiny. When silver gets dirty it is called getting tarnished.

(from: wikipedia - silver)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Semiconductors

Butterfly - Larvae

When a baby butterfly hatches from it's egg, it crawls out as a tiny worm called a larvae.

Another word for the butterfly larvae is a caterpillar.
Caterpillars spend almost their entire time looking for food. They mostly eat leaves.

Caterpillars don't have claws or teeth to fight with, so to protect themselves some have what look like scary eyes on their body, some make a stinky smell, and some are poisonous.

(from: wikipedia - butterfly)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Frog Breathing

Duodenum

After the mushed up food comes out of your stomach through your pylorus, it goes into your duodenum.
Your duodenum helps mush up your food some more using special chemicals, it tells the pylorus when to close up and not let too much food through.

It also connects to other parts of your digestive system like your liver, gall bladder and pancreas.
Those parts of your body let out liquids and chemicals that help break your food up.


(from: wikipedia - duodenum)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Deltoids

Ivory Coast

We just learned about the African country of Cameroon.

Another African country is Ivory Coast.

The Ivory Coast is a country on the West coast of Africa, right on the Atlantic Ocean.

(from: wikipedia - ivory coast)

The flag of the Ivory Coast is three vertical stripes. Orange for the land, white for peace, and green for hope and the forest.

This flag is interesting, because it is just like the flag of Ireland, except Irelands is green-white-orange instead of orange-white-green.
(from: wikipedia - flag of ivory coast)

To eat in the Ivory Coast, you might have yassa, which is a spicy food cooked with onions and lemons.

(from: wikipedia - yassa (food))

The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace is a huge church in the town of Yamoussoukro.

(from: wikipedia - basilica of our lady of peace of yamoussoukro)

The Ivory Coast was given it's name because they used to sell lots of ivory there. Ivory is made from the tusks of elephants and other animals.
In the past many things were made from ivory, like piano keys. We now have new ways to make piano keys, and we know that killing elephants for their tusks is wrong, so it is against the law to kill elephants for their tusks.

(from: wikipedia - elephant)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Norway